NEWS

Americans Can Vote Wherever They Are: It’s Easy to Register and Request Your Ballot Today!

Category: Business News

By Melissa Aaserud, US Embassy in Norway Overseas citizens, active duty military members, and their families are encouraged to register and request their ballot as soon as possible to avoid potential mail delays or other disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic response.   The Federal Voting Assistance Program, (FVAP), recommends military and overseas voters use the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) at FVAP.gov […]

Source: US Embassy in Norway

Sons of Norway Viking: Seven Years as Norway’s Ambassador with Kåre R. Aas

Category: Business News

I have served as Norway’s Ambassador to the United States for the past seven years. It has been a privilege and an honor to work every day on further developing the already excellent relationship between our two countries. In a few weeks I will leave Washington, D.C., and move on to new challenges. It is […]

Source: Sons of Norway

Published: May 2, 2026

Press Release: Former US Embassy Oslo DCM Jim DeHart Appointed U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region

Category: Business News

The Department of State has appointed Jim DeHart as the U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region.  Serving as the principal advisor to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary on all Arctic matters, DeHart will lead and coordinate the Department’s policy-making and diplomatic engagement on Arctic-related issues to advance U.S. interests in the region related to safety […]

Source: US Department of State

Joint Press Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders

Category: Business News

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission have initiated discussions to evaluate the potential for an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework to comply with the July 16 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Schrems II case. This judgment declared that this framework is no longer a valid […]

Source: US Department of Commerce

Published: August 10, 2020

Institutional Investor: Why Did a Hedge Fund Manager Worth $700 Million Take a $630,000-a-Year Job Managing an Oil Fund?

Category: Accounting / Financial

At 3:00 in the afternoon on Thursday, November 14, a small group of the world’s most powerful people prepared to board two chartered airplanes in two separate European capitals. They were headed for Philadelphia for a weekend-long event that had been several years in the making for its creator, Nicolai Tangen, the Norwegian founder of […]

Source: Institutional Investor

Published: August 2, 2020